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  • Empower by Jessica Shirvington

    Empower by Jessica Shirvington

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    It has been two years since Violet Eden walked away from the city, her friends, her future and - most importantly - her soulmate, Lincoln. Part angel, part human, Violet is determined to stand by the promises she made to save the one she loves. Living in the perpetual coldness of a broken soul she survives day to day as a Rogue Grigori in London...
  • City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

    City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 83 ratings
    Shadowhunters and demons square off for the final showdown in the spellbinding, seductive conclusion to the #1 New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series.Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary’s own brother...
  • Endless by Jessica Shirvington

    Endless by Jessica Shirvington

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Love will kill us all.Angels are real. They aren't always kind. Violet Eden is certain of all this because she is Grigori - part angel, part human. She has felt the influence of both light and dark. When Hell unleashes its worst, Violet must embrace every facet of her angel self to save the people she cares about and the world as she knows it...
  • Apollyon by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Apollyon by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 52 ratings
    Fate isn't something to mess with and now, neither is Alex. Alex has always feared two things: losing herself in the Awakening and being placed on the Elixir. But love has always been stronger than Fate, and Aiden St. Delphi is willing to make war on the gods—and Alex herself—to bring her back...
  • Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

    Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 52 ratings
    Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can’t get rid of him.When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to find the ghost of his murdered cousin and set it free...
  • True Dead by Faith Hunter

    True Dead by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Jane Yellowrock goes back to the city where it all began in the newest installment of this thrilling New York Times bestselling series.Jane used to hunt vampires, but now she’s their queen. She’s holed up in the mountains with the Yellowrock Clan, enjoying a little peace, when a surprise attack on her people proves that trouble is brewing...
  • Murder Mittens by R.J. Blain

    Murder Mittens by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Becoming a bounty hunter and taking on the call sign of Murder Mittens wasn’t Harri’s brightest move, but what’s a lynx to do with millions of debt while working a customer service gig? The scars deforming her face won’t remove themselves, and she’ll bag and tag every criminal in the United States to get rid of them if necessary...
  • Client from Hell by R.J. Blain

    Client from Hell by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Step one: add some gasoline.Step two: light a match.Step three: watch the devil’s house burn.As far as plans go, Sandra Moore rather likes hers. It’s simple. It gets the job done. It reduces the devil’s house to smoldering ruins.Life is good—at least for the year she has left of it, assuming the devil doesn’t kill her first...
  • Wrong Side of Forty by Jana Deleon

    Wrong Side of Forty by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    For many, midlife is the beginning. It was a day like any other day for Marina Trahan…until she caught her husband in bed with another woman. Before that eye-opening wake-up call, Marina would have described her life as average or uneventful, maybe even boring. But now, chaos and confusion reign supreme...
  • Dark Heir by Faith Hunter

    Dark Heir by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Shapeshifting skinwalker Jane Yellowrock is the best in the business when it comes to slaying vampires. But her latest fanged foe may be above her pay grade…For centuries, the extremely powerful and ruthless vampire witches of the European Council have wandered the Earth, controlling governments, fostering war, creating political conflict, and often leaving absolute destruction in their wake...
  • Hypnos by R.J. Blain

    Hypnos by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Following the devastation of World War III, nuclear radiation has spawned magic, ranging from nuisance koppa oni plaguing the Golden Gate to masters of the elements. It falls to the FBI's supernatural quads and their supervisors to protect those who can't protect themselves...
  • Burn by Paula Weston

    Burn by Paula Weston

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Suddenly, Gaby remembers everything. For a year she believed she was a backpacker chilling out in Pandanus Beach. Working at the library. Getting over the accident that killed her twin brother.Then Rafa came to find her and Gaby discovered her true identity as Gabe: one of the Rephaim. Over a hundred years old...
  • Whatever for Hire by R.J. Blain

    Whatever for Hire by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Warning: This novel contains excessive humor, action, excitement, adventure, magic, romance, and bodies. Proceed with caution. Fetching a cat out of a tree should’ve been a quick, easy fifty bucks in Kanika’s pocket. Instead, following one stray thought, the devil pays her a visit and leaves her with a debt to repay...
  • The Secret by Elizabeth Hunter

    The Secret by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Only when the darkness falls can you see the light of the stars.For thousands of years, the scribes and singers of the Irin race have existed to protect humanity and guard the gifts of the Forgiven. They have lived in the shadows. They have kept their secrets.But the Irin aren’t the only race with secrets.Ava and Malachi have found each other, but wounds as deep as theirs don’t heal overnight...
  • Shimmer by Paula Weston

    Shimmer by Paula Weston

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Gaby Winters' life used to be pretty normal. She lived with her best friend. She worked in a library. She was slowly getting over the death of her twin brother, Jude. Until Rafa arrived.Now Gaby has discovered she is one of the Rephaim - descended from fallen angels. She knows demons exist. That they are coming for her. And that Jude might be alive.What she does next could change everything...
  • Immortal by J.R. Ward

    Immortal by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author who has kept readers on the edge of their seats with her phenomenal Fallen Angels novels, comes one of the most heart-stirring and eagerly anticipated events in that acclaimed series. The Creator invented the game, and the stakes are nothing less than the fate of the quick and the dead: seven souls, seven crossroads...
  • Goddess by Josephine Angelini

    Goddess by Josephine Angelini

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    After accidentally unleashing the gods from their captivity on Olympus, Helen must find a way to re-imprison them without starting a devastating war. But the gods are angry, and their thirst for blood already has a body count.To make matters worse, the Oracle reveals that a diabolical Tyrant is lurking among them, which drives a wedge between the once-solid group of friends...
  • The Awakening by K.E. Ganshert, Katie Ganshert

    The Awakening by K.E. Ganshert, Katie Ganshert

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    "I can't go home. It's not safe. Nowhere is." Tess Eckhart isn’t crazy. She’s not suffering from psychosis. She and Luka Williams are part of The Gifting. Before they can find out what that means, the man with all the answers turns up dead. The only thing he left behind? A few patient files that lead to the nation’s most lawless city...
  • Bonds by Susan Copperfield

    Bonds by Susan Copperfield

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the Royal States of America, magic rules all, but life—and love—always finds a way. When a sinking oil tanker threatens to destroy the picturesque coastline of France, search and rescue diver Jack Alders and his waveweaving talent stand between France and a record-breaking oil spill...
  • Dreamless by Josephine Angelini

    Dreamless by Josephine Angelini

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    Can true love be FORGOTTEN?As the only Scion who can descend into the Underworld, Helen Hamilton has been given a nearly impossible task. By night she wanders through Hades, trying to stop the endless cycle of revenge that has cursed her family. By day she struggles to overcome the fatigue that is rapidly eroding her sanity...
  • Priestess Dreaming by Yasmine Galenorn

    Priestess Dreaming by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    We're the D'Artigo sisters: savvy half-human, half-Fae operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. My sister Delilah is a two-faced werecat and a Death Maiden. Menolly is a vampire married to a gorgeous werepuma. And me? I'm a Moon witch married to three gorgeous husbands, and I'm about to journey through the veils to search for a long lost legend..
  • No Dominion by C.E. Murphy

    No Dominion by C.E. Murphy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Recently widowed after nearly fifty years of marriage, Gary Muldoon had given up on adventure. Then shaman Joanne Walker climbed into the back seat of his cab, and since then, Gary has trifled with gods, met mystics, slain zombies and ridden with the Wild Hunt. But now he must leave Joanne’s side to face a battle only he can win...
  • Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor

    Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 69 ratings
    Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a world free of bloodshed and war.This is not that world.Art student and monster's apprentice Karou finally has the answers she has always sought. She knows who she is—and what she is...
  • Death Knell by Hailey Edwards

    Death Knell by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Luce is back in the third book of The Foundling, the bestselling fantasy series perfect for fans of Shannon Mayer, Jenn Stark and the Sookie Stackhouse novels War burned her. Famine nearly killed her. Now Death is at her heels. After her two worlds clashed apocalyptically, Luce Boudreau needed some time out. But Destiny had other ideas...
  • Crimson Veil by Yasmine Galenorn

    Crimson Veil by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    We’re the D’Artigo sisters: savvy half-human, half-Fae ex-operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. My sister Camille is a wicked good witch with three gorgeous husbands. Delilah is a two-faced werecat and a Death Maiden. And me? I’m Menolly, a vampire married to a scorching hot werepuma. And right now, we’re facing enemies on all sides… It’s been a long and devastating week...
  • City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

    City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 97 ratings
    Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what's normal when you're a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time with her best friend, Simon, who's becoming more than a friend...
  • Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick

    Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 69 ratings
    Nora and Patch thought their troubles were behind them. Hank is gone and they should be able to put his ugly vendetta to rest. But in Hank's absence, Nora has become the unwitting head of the Nephilim and must finish what Hank began. Which ultimately means destroying the fallen angels - destroying Patch...
  • If I Should Die by Amy Plum

    If I Should Die by Amy Plum

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    I will not lose another person I love. I will not let history repeat itself.Vincent waited lifetimes to find me, but in an instant our future together was shattered. He was betrayed by someone we both called a friend, and I lost him. Now our enemy is determined to rule over France’s immortals, and willing to wage a war to get what they want...
  • Until I Die by Amy Plum

    Until I Die by Amy Plum

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Kate and Vincent have overcome the odds and at last they are together in Paris, the city of lights and love...
  • Requiem by Jamie McGuire

    Requiem by Jamie McGuire

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Dreaming of the dead might mean a restless night for anyone, but for Nina Grey it was a warning. Still healing from her last run-in with Hell, Nina struggles with not only her life as a Brown University student, but also as an intern at Titan Shipping, her father's company...
  • The Vision by Jessica Sorensen

    The Vision by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    There is an alternate cover edition for this ASIN here.The Vision is book 3 in the Fallen Star Series.Gemma thought she was trapped—that Stephan had finally won. But then time resets and she’s given another chance.The clock is ticking as Gemma tries to figure out how to change the vision that ends the world in ice...
  • Unholy Pleasures by Debra Dunbar

    Unholy Pleasures by Debra Dunbar

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Amber’s summer internship is dying on the vine. Dozens of different diseases and pests have suddenly infected the California winery’s grapes in a biblical-scale blight. The warmonger she thought was a one-night stand has shown up uninvited with an indecent proposal...
  • The Devil Inside by Jane Hinchey

    The Devil Inside by Jane Hinchey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    God is missing…And Heaven is dying.And if that weren’t bad enough, I'm in a showdown with my brothers. I don’t care if they’re family—they pissed off the wrong sister. Those Arch Angels are going to pay the price for getting my lover, Levi Forrester dragged into another dimension by a vicious soul stealer.Retrieving Levi won’t be easy, but I’m Hellbent on taking back what’s mine...
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  • Chase the Dark by Annette Marie

    Chase the Dark by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Alternative cover edition of ASIN: B00OGSQ9ESPiper Griffiths wants one thing in life: To become a Consul, a keeper of the peace between humans and daemons. There are three obstacles in her way.The first is Lyre. Incubus. Hotter than hell and with a wicked streak to match. His greatest mission in life is to annoy the crap out of her, but he isn't as harmless as he seems. The second is Ash...
  • Hisses and Honey by Shannon Mayer

    Hisses and Honey by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The climactic final volume of The Venom Trilogy by USA Today bestselling author Shannon Mayer. Humble baker turned supernatural Alena Budrene is lovely and lethal, and for the first time, she’s owning it. Finally rid of her low-life ex-husband, she’s free to date sexy vampire mob boss Remo, who respects her as both a Supe and a woman...
  • Boundless by Cynthia Hand

    Boundless by Cynthia Hand

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    The past few years have held more surprises than part-angel Clara Gardner could ever have anticipated. Yet from the dizzying highs of first love, to the agonizing low of losing someone close to her, the one thing she can no longer deny is that she was never meant to live a normal life...
  • White Hot Kiss by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    White Hot Kiss by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 64 ratings
    Layla just wants to fit in at school and go on a date with Zayne, whom she's crushed on since forever. Trouble is, Zayne treats Layla like a sister--and Layla is a half demon, half gargoyle with abilities no one else possesses. And even though Zayne is a Warden, part of the race of gargoyles tasked with keeping humanity safe, Layla's kiss will kill anything with a soul--including him...
  • Shadows Before the Sun by Kelly Gay

    Shadows Before the Sun by Kelly Gay

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    "Between life and death lies a chasm of pain beyond imagining..." Elysia may be a heavenly off-world destination, but beyond it, in the siren city of Fiallan, the Circe have punished Charlie Madigan's partner, Hank, into a torturous state between life and death. With all the proper legal channels cleared, Charlie heads to Elysia, not knowing what she'll find, or if she'll ever see the siren again...
  • Elemental Rising by Maddy Edwards

    Elemental Rising by Maddy Edwards

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Summary Taken from Amazon.comCharlotte returns to Paranormal Public for her second semester knowing that she must embrace yet another new destiny.She wasn’t expecting it to be easy, and it isn’t...
  • Blade to the Keep by Lauren Dane

    Blade to the Keep by Lauren Dane

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Only Rowan Summerwaite can keep the peace between humans and Vampires in Blade to the Keep, the second novel in the fan-favorite Goddess with a Blade series by New York Times bestselling author Lauren DaneCanny and ferocious, with the power of an ancient Goddess in her belly, Rowan Summerwaite is the only person who can renegotiate the fragile Treaty between the Vampire Nation and the Hunter...
  • Hallowed by Cynthia Hand

    Hallowed by Cynthia Hand

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 58 ratings
    For months Clara Gardner trained to face the fire from her visions, but she wasn't prepared for the choice she had to make that day. And in the aftermath, she discovered that nothing about being part angel is as straightforward as she thought...
  • Bright Blaze of Magic by Jennifer Estep

    Bright Blaze of Magic by Jennifer Estep

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Bad Things Always Come In Threes…As a thief, I'm good at three things: hiding in the shadows, getting in and out unseen, and uncovering secrets. I put these skills to work for the Sinclair Family, one of the magical mobs that run the tourist town of Cloudburst Falls. Everyone knows Victor Draconi wants to take over all the other Families--and kill every last Sinclair...
  • Broken by S.J. West

    Broken by S.J. West

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    At the tender age of seven, Jess Riley’s parents were ripped out of her life by the Tear, a ripple of white light in the sky which randomly transports people from Earth to alternate realities and distant planets once a year...
  • Shift by Jeri Smith-Ready

    Shift by Jeri Smith-Ready

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Aura’s life is anything but easy. Her boyfriend, Logan, died, and his slides between ghost and shade have left her reeling. Aura knows he needs her now more than ever. She loves Logan, but she can’t deny her connection with the totally supportive, totally gorgeous Zachary. And she’s not sure that she wants to...
  • Weaving Destiny by G.P. Ching

    Weaving Destiny by G.P. Ching

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Malini Gupta thought Jacob Lau was her destiny. But after months of failing to decipher how she fits into the Soulkeepers, frustration threatens to tear their relationship apart. And it doesn't help that a new Soulkeeper named Mara is ready to stop time itself to earn Jacob's love.When Malini faces her worst fears, and even death, she learns a funny thing about destiny...
  • Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick

    Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 73 ratings
    Nora Grey can't remember the past five months of her life. After the initial shock of waking up in a cemetery and being told that she has been missing for weeks - with no one knowing where she was or who she was with - she tried to get her life back on track. Go to school, hang out with her best friend, Vee, and dodge mom's creepy new boyfriend...
  • Alaskan Fury by Sara King

    Alaskan Fury by Sara King

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    PARASITE PUBLICATIONS ~ Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy ALASKAN FURY: Long ago, Kaashifah the Fury, Chosen warrior of the Lord of War, fought a djinni to a stalemate in an ancient duel of souls. Three thousand years later, she and ‘Aqrab, the passionate djinni prince of the Fourth Lands, are still bound together, each waiting for the other to make that final, killing blow...
  • Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor

    Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 69 ratings
    What power can bruise the sky?Two worlds are poised on the brink of a vicious war. By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera's rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her...
  • The Red Scrolls of Magic by Cassandra Clare, Wesley Chu

    The Red Scrolls of Magic by Cassandra Clare, Wesley Chu

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 51 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestseller Cassandra Clare and award-winner Wesley Chu comes the first book in a new series that follows High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood as they tour the world after the Mortal War. The Red Scrolls of Magic is a Shadowhunters novel...
  • The Hour of Dust and Ashes by Kelly Gay

    The Hour of Dust and Ashes by Kelly Gay

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    To save her sister, she must stop a silent killer. . . . Protecting Atlanta from the off-world criminals of Underground is tough enough, but now Detective Charlie Madigan and her siren partner, Hank, learn that the addicts of the offworld drug ash have begun taking their own lives. Ash makes humans the perfect vessels for possession, and something or someone is leading them to their deaths...
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